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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
2
Ex president acted as eastern proxy for the Republican candidate delivering a keynote to about 5000 people in Carnegie Hall. The audience was large and enthusiastic with frequent applause as most speech focused on the Supreme Court and tariff briefly dismissed.
An auditorium hosts a Republican gathering with banners and bunting. Chauncey Depew and General Harrison draw cheers while discussing party fidelity and public service. Depew offers a satirical jab at opponents as Harrison, Wanamaker, Morrison, and other dignitaries receive enthusiastic receptions.
A lengthy speech traces disputes from the Chicago convention to the Supreme Court and federal authority. It warns against packing the court, intrastate interference, and a debased currency while arguing for strict constitutional balance and judicial independence amid political fervor.
Fragment from a speech debating currency policy and repudiation fears. The speaker argues for a revenue plan to replenish the treasury and restore prosperity, warning against abandoning the dollar for a gold standard and aligning with distressed nations. Cheering interrupts the discussion.
In New York on August 22 a mounted police pursuit ended with a meek-eyed deer from Van Cortlandt Park recaptured near Riverside. The deer escaped from Central Park’s menagerie last Thursday and fled across hills, fences, and ditches for about three miles before being returned to the Buffalo enclosure.
A Denver rumor claims David H. Moffatt organized a secret meeting at the Brown Palace to raise funds for William Jennings Bryan. The Denver Rio Grande Railway reportedly contributed 25000 to a national silver committee drive with Otto Mears N P Hil and D H Moffatt named to oversee statewide levy details.
In New York on Aug 2 a courtroom dispute over a two minute margin centers on which clock governs the seizure of stock of St Myer’s Co. jewellers. Judge Pryor names a referee to determine which clock is correct amid arguments from Sheriff Tamven on $70.00 executions and Receiver Laula Clark claims.
Grover Cleveland home city Buffalo hosts 4000 to hear William Jennings Bryan decry the gold standard and advocate free silver. The crowd fills Music Hall and lines Main Street as Bryan argues the Chicago platform, cites John G. Carlisle, and notes Mexican dollar price testing while touring Cleveland to Toledo and Michigan.
In Boise Idaho on August 28 the Silver Republican convention named Senator Dubois to succeed himself and formed a new Silver Republican Party. They nominated silver men and kept fusion picks from last week. Fusion candidates include Frank Steinburg Democrat for governor James Gunn Populist for congress George J. Lewis Populist for secretary of state.
Banta Fe Route offers Home Seekers excursions to Arkansas Arizona Louisiana Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas. Round trip tickets valid for twenty five days promoting affordable travel for settlers seeking new opportunities.
Emmet Rittenhouse wrote to Senator John Sherman asking how the Republican party would pay off bonds and interest if in power now. Sherman replied the sole remedy is increased revenue via tariffs, but he fears a new tariff law is not practicable. the letter was suppressed by prominent Republicans after its contents leaked.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Walser and Ida Porter faced court findings that they sold their six month old child three years ago during financial hardship. Howard Joyes, an attorney now in Yonkers, drew the agreement. The Porters refused to cede custody while Mr and Mrs Penny offered to adopt for 100 dollars, and the sale was finalized as an outright transfer.
In Paris and New York Aug 28 the bicycle remains equally popular in France and the United States, with a push toward American made parts and tools. Discussions note high capacity for sales and growing use of petroleum powered cycles and electric or petroleum engines, while Dr A P Sawyer and Frank Sim in Pharr Kansas Avenue are cited in the context.
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